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Prost! In Time For Octoberfest, This Old German Beer Town Is Using 3D-Printed Parts To Brew Up A Storm

October 22, 2019
The beautiful Bavarian town of Bamberg is home to nine breweries, and plenty of beer cellar legends. Take the story of Bamberg’s famous smoke beer, which supposedly was invented by accident when the smoke from a brewery fire billowed through a pile of malt. Rather than disposing of the smoky grain, the thrifty brewer produced an aromatic amber nectar that turned out to be unexpectedly popular in the town’s beer halls.
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Five Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Tomas Kellner
September 09, 2016
Spiders’ webs aren’t just deadly insect traps but also sophisticated information networks, Costa Rica has been running on renewable electricity for 76 days straight, and researchers in Belgium and the U.S. have assembled the first genetic tree of beer. Cheers to science, but do read on!
 

 

The Itsy Bitsy Spider’s Web Is A Sophisticated Information Network, Scientists Say
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